TechOne NUST Incubator recognised as Pakistan's top performing incubator

The TechOne NUST Incubator of IASP member NSTP in Pakistan has been recognised as the top performing business incubation centre in the country by the Higher Education Commission (HEC). Achieving a validated score of 94%, TechOne secured the top national ranking among business incubation centres across the country. 

TechOne currently hosts more than 70 active startups working across a range of emerging sectors including artificial intelligence, deep tech, clean energy, healthtech, and agritech, collectively employing over 5.,000 professionals. The centre's focus is on enabling startups to develop, scale, and bring transformative technologies to market.  

Since its inception, more than 400 startups have graduated from the centre, and many ventures emerging from its flagship Hatch 8 incubation programme collectively generated over USD 200 million in annual recurring revenue, reflecting the strength of NSTP’s incubation model and the quality of startups it continues to nurture. 

The HEC evaluation also acknowledged broader progress in startup development, investment attraction, and employment generation across Pakistan's innovation landscape, with TechOne's performance cited as evidence of the ecosystem's advancing capability.